Telk Mótsogni ok Mjǫklituð,
Miðvið, Muninn ok Mjǫðvitnir,
Blindviðr, Burinn, Bumburr, Nýi,
Bívurr, Blávurr, Bláinn ok Norðri.
Telk Mótsogni ok Mjǫklituð, Miðvið, Muninn ok Mjǫðvitnir, Blindviðr, Burinn, Bumburr, Nýi, Bívurr, Blávurr, Bláinn ok Norðri.
I list Mótsognir and Mjǫklituðr, Miðviðr, Muninn and Mjǫðvitnir, Blindviðr, Burinn, Bumburr, Nýi, Bívurr, Blávurr, Bláinn and Norðri.
[8] Bláinn ok Norðri: ‘[…]’ B, ‘blainn ok norðre’ 744ˣ
[8] Bláinn: Cf. the adj. blár ‘black’; hence lit. ‘dark, black one’ (Motz 1973, 113). As the name of a dwarf, Bláinn is mentioned only here. According to Vsp 9/8 (NK 2) and Gylf (SnE 2005, 16), the dwarfs were made from Bláinn’s ‘limbs’ (leggiom), i.e. from stone.